Review of It's Alive (1974) by Kristian M — 16 Oct 2010
The problem with this film was not really the acting. It was the story and the thing that was suppose to scare the viewers. John P. Ryan plays the lead and for some reason, I really liked his performance.
He just had the look and acting to really put the film on edge. His wife is played by Sharon Farrell, who at the right time could act. But sometimes she seemed a little off. The whole story line of this film is ridiculous.
Woman gives birth to a baby that is mutated and it kills people. No real back story on how it happened. Maybe it was some drugs she was taking. The baby was suppose to scare you. But how can you be scared by something that reminds you of a small monkey of some sort.
Some of the other cast was pretty cheesy including the son of Ryan of Farrell, but he was young and didn't know better. There needed to be more jumping scenes also. But every time one can up, they would trigger it with the baby crying or something moving.
So that way you know it was coming. The movie overall was missing a lot, including a good ending. Maybe if they added more gore, it could of been more of a cult following than what it was. But most of the gore scenes were a few deep scratches from the babies strange sloth like nails.
This review of It's Alive (1974) was written by Kristian M on 16 Oct 2010.
It's Alive has generally received mixed reviews.
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